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Tue, Nov 8, 2016·Prudential Center, Newark

Carolina Hurricanes 2, New Jersey Devils 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
CAR0829013030233
NJD11908111032341

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 16:50NJDPA ParenteauAssists: Travis Zajac, Taylor Hall · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 4:23CARJordan StaalPPAssists: Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce · Snap, 0.23 xG1–1
  3. P2 17:31CARKlas DahlbeckUnassisted · Wrist, 0.02 xG2–1
  4. P3 3:51NJDNick LappinAssists: Sergey Kalinin, Vernon Fiddler · Wrist, 0.37 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NJD PA Parenteau scored
  2. 2. CAR Jeff Skinner stopped
  3. 3. NJD Jacob Josefson stopped
  4. 4. CAR Jaccob Slavin stopped
  5. 5. NJD Taylor Hall scored
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 10:57CARBrett Pesce: Holding2 min
  2. P2 2:40NJDMichael Cammalleri: Hooking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:05CARJeff Skinner: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 11:44CARKlas Dahlbeck: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CAR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
44% to win56% to win
← CAR attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zajac won the faceoff against Staal
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CARNJD
33Shots on goal41
2.2Expected goals3.8
47Shot attempts65
30Faceoffs won46
1Power plays3
6Penalty minutes2
22Hits20
12Blocked shots4
6Giveaways13
12Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Carolina Hurricanes

Forward lines

  1. bestSkinner – Rask – Lindholm13:56

    xG 0.86–0.48 (64%)attempts 14–15goals 1–0

  2. Stempniak – Di Giuseppe – Teravainen8:49

    xG 0.20–0.23 (46%)attempts 7–8goals 0–1

  3. McClement – Stalberg – Aho7:16

    xG 0.13–0.24 (35%)attempts 4–5goals 0–0

  4. Staal – Nestrasil – Nordstrom11:30

    xG 0.50–0.93 (35%)attempts 9–12goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Slavin – Pesce17:24

    xG 0.71–0.91 (44%)attempts 15–17goals 0–1

  2. Hainsey – Dahlbeck14:40

    xG 0.56–0.97 (37%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  3. Hanifin – Nakladal13:42

    xG 0.33–0.75 (31%)attempts 7–14goals 0–1

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestParenteau – Zajac – Hall14:29

    xG 0.89–0.34 (72%)attempts 18–8goals 1–0

  2. Fiddler – Kalinin – Lappin9:11

    xG 0.80–0.27 (74%)attempts 10–5goals 1–0

  3. Cammalleri – Palmieri – Josefson3:16

    xG 0.32–0.01 (98%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  4. Henrique – Bennett – Zacha3:37

    xG 0.31–0.02 (93%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestLovejoy – Auvitu8:53

    xG 1.06–0.10 (92%)attempts 10–2goals 2–0

  2. Quincey – Moore12:49

    xG 0.67–0.47 (59%)attempts 12–14goals 0–0

  3. Quincey – Auvitu2:50

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–1goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NJD 3.8 xGCAR 2.2 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDCAR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it CAR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 50/100 · #570 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CAR 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +26 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 77% of the time.

NJD winsCAR wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − CAR), 10,000 replays

-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).